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April 24, 2021 Subject:
Interesting book, poor scan, terrible OCR.
Some grammar rules have changed since 1772: Page 17 (as numbered in book): 5. Write not a Capital in the Middle of a Word among fmall Letters, except
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in Anagrams. (The OCR managed to get that sentence mostly right, except for using a f for long s (ſ).) Page 24 has a list of maie and female forms. There are some curious things the author feels important to mention: Sloven is paired with Slut; Whoremonger with Whore In the main part of the book there are a large number of example letters, often with sample replies. Those are interesting. Page 87, Mrs J complains of being at a nasty inn ("naſty Inn") with damp sheets (ugh), and then writes of traveling in a coach with others who do not speak: All silent and sick as myself ; for which I thanked my Stars ; for if they had spoke, I had been murdered. Mrs. ⸺ had almost talked me into Non‑Existence Yesterday Morning ; and I had been totally annihilated, if you had not come in and restored me to my Identity. Pray tell her this in Revenge for my Head-Ach.
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